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DATE: MONDAY, September 6, 1993                   TAG: 9309060176
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
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OBIT EDWARDS, RUBYE FLEENOR

EDWARDS, Rubye Fleenor, 83, of Salem, died September 3, 1993, in a local hospital. She received a teaching certificate from Radford College, then went on to teach in the Mining towns of Southwest Virginia. In July of 1938, she married the Rev. Barnard P. Edwards. Alongside him, she served in churches teaching Sunday school and working with the Christian Women's Fellowship. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Barnard P. Edwards. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Rev. David Livingstone Edwards and Rev. Kaye Edwards of Lynchburg; two daughters and a son-in-law, Rev. Sylvia Edwards Mill and Rev. John Stuart Mill of Indianapolis, Ind., Carol Louise Edwards of Salem; five grandchildren, Kent and Shelley Edwards of Lynchburg, John Stuart Mill III, Indianapolis, Ind., David Mill, Cincinatti, Ohio, and Bonnie Mill, Evansville, Ind. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 7, 1993, at Sherwood Memorial Park, followed by a 11 a.m. memorial service at First Christian Church in Salem. Rev. Wayne McCauley will officiate. The family will receive friends at the John M. Oakey and Son Funeral Home in Salem on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. Contributions may be made to the First Christian Church at 712 Front Street, Salem, Va. 24153; Salem Volunteer Rescue Squad, or your favorite charity. 


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